Joseph Esdin
Department of Physiological Science
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4.3
Overall Rating
Based on 338 Users
Easiness 4.0 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 4.2 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.9 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 4.2 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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  • Uses Slides
  • Needs Textbook
  • Would Take Again
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Quarter: Winter 2020
Grade: A
Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
April 3, 2020

This class was an easy A but not fun at all. Like most people I read the "this class will make you get your life together" review on this site and thought the class would be worth a shot, it was not. The class is barebones health education material stripped straight out of the course reader. I'm pretty sure you could distill all of the information we learned into a 10 minute ASAP Science video.

Lecture is literally just Professor Esdin writing on blank powerpoint slides for an hour. The stuff he writes is literally copied almost word for word from the course reader, but attendance is still mandatory so you're forced to sit through every lecture. He also has a weird "no photographing my slides" rule for some reason. The material was applicable to life and helpful and all, but it really could have been much more than it was.

The labs were the best part of the class because they actually helped you gauge your own health. They are held only once every other week and take about 30 minutes a piece despite being labelled as 2 hour sections. They are fun in that you gain some introspection to your own health status, but the same effect could be achieved by weighing yourself and wearing a fitbit.

RANT: You will be forced to buy or share an iProfile subscription. iProfile is a literal scam. The UI looks like it was designed right when the internet came out. It's a health tracking app that supposedly helps you track your calories and exercise, but it's so bad that any information it gives you is probably wrong. It was obviously designed by white people (I am white, so I can say this) because they don't have ANY ethnic food listed in their "50,000 food items to choose from." If they have anything that wasn't developed in Western Europe then it's the shitty microwavable brand version. Literally they didn't have (to name a few):
- pho
- bean burritos
- quesadillas
- SUSHI!!! (wtf lol how do you not even have sushi)
- Ramen
- any indian food at all (they had curry powder mix as their only curry option)

Don't even get me started on the activity tracker. I hated this dumb app.
Rant over.

The multiple choice questions in this class were really, really easy but sometimes vague and confusing (discarded SAT question -style). It was either hard to tell what the question was asking or there were two very similar answers.

Take this class if you're just shilling for a good GPA, avoid this class and watch some YouTube health science videos if you don't want to waste a GE.

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Quarter: Winter 2020
Grade: A+
Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
March 24, 2020

**SELLING COURSE STUDY GUIDE FOR $30**
**EMAIL - ************* - IF INTERESTED**

Esdin is the GOAT. He wakes up at 4AM and gets his day started right. He's inspired me to live a healthier life.

1. Make friends in lecture & ask them to sign you in. Attending lecture is not necessary for doing well.

2. The midterm and final are non-cumulative are all multiple choice. They cover material in the course reader so reading that will be essential.

3. Start your project early. It's not that hard to get a free 100 points.

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Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Dec. 21, 2020

I am SELLING my 80-pages TYPED UP NOTES for only $20! They have all of the content taught in classes instead of the $100+ coursereader you would probably purchase. My notes are super complete and neat and use all of the content from the textbook and lectures. You can contact me at ************* if you are interested! Price can be negotiated and you will receive the notes right away! I got an A overall (96%) and a full mark on the final too.

I am also selling the coursereader, completely in new condition and untouched for much cheaper, email me if interested!

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Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
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Dec. 15, 2020

I AM SELLING MY 25-pages TYPED UP NOTES FOR 25$. They are super complete because I incorporated my notes from the textbook into my lecture notes — you can contact me at ************* if interested!! Selling the course reader, fully highlighted, for 40$ (Price can be discussed).

Dr. Esdin is a very engaging and dedicated professor. He explains material well and makes you understand everything quite easily. I took this during COVID so the lectures were asynchronous. The class overall is pretty easy if you do the work and the reading.

However, the only down side for a lot of people who took this fall quarter was that his questions quizzes and exams were ambiguously written, which meant that practically all of us lost points on questions because of his wording...(even though we knew the material perfectly). Midterm is harder than final (I got 100% on the final). No extra credit offered. Class breakdown:

- 5 lecture quizzes (100 pts)
- 5 lab quizzes (75 pts)
- Attendance in lab (25 pts)
- Attendance in lecture (84 pts) — there are 3 points quizzes after each lecture
- Project (100 pts)
- Midterm (50 pts)
- Final (50 pts)
- Prof evaluations (6 pts)

Would definitely recommend. Also don’t be discouraged if you lose points at the beginning; I thought I would barely get an A- but turns out the quizzes get easier so I ended up with a 95% (A is 93%+).

TA Ingrid is amazing try to take her!!

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Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: N/A
June 26, 2019

The course reader required for the class is quarter dependent so please do not buy old course readers. A workbook, that cannot be purchased separately, comes in the package with the reader and it must be turned in for points.

Interesting class with material relevant to daily life. It will help you become more aware of how your diet and fitness decisions impact your overall health. In order to get an A, you must read the course reader and thoroughly understand the content within it. There is also a project that is not difficult to do.

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Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: A
Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
March 30, 2024

Selling my course reader + iProfile + other course materials!! please text me at **********

I really enjoyed this class, it's enjoyable, but not too easy to the point you'll forget about it. He makes sure that students work for the grade they want, but doesn't make it impossible to get an A. There are midterms, lecture exams, lab quizzes, and the final exam (all of which were taken online (I believe they are all in person now?) and majority of the questions come from lecture, the course reader, or iclicker questions). So if you read and attend lectures, you're guaranteed to do well. There's also a big project that you work on throughout the quarter. The initial work is tedious, but your TA should go over key things to ensure that your wording and formatting is correct. The professor is very nice, and very engaging and I've never zoned out in his class. My TA was also amazing at ensuring we knew the information. Labs are every other week which lightens the commitment. Overall, the class was very enjoyable and I absolutely loved it. I would 100% take again.

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Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: A
Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
March 27, 2024

Professor: Esdin is amazing. He is funny and engaging. Really nice person.

Lecture: Three times a week but they are engaging and only fifty minutes long. You really need to pay attention in lecture because he does not read off of slides, he talks and writes on them. It is recorded in case you miss any of his talking which I often did.

Attendance: You have 6 free days (two whole weeks of class). After that, he does take points off. Attend lecture, its free points. Lab attendance is mandatory and there are no free skips. Again, attending lab gives you free points.

Lab: Once every other week. Lasted around an hour. Kind of boring but it was tolerable.

Workload: There is NO homework, but there is a HUGE project due at the end of the quarter. He gives you 9 weeks to complete it. It is a tedious project but it is very easy. It took most people several hours so I recommend you split it up. It is a diet and exercise analysis.

Class materials: There is a course reader and a software to track your diet and exercise. I think people said it was around $100. Ask around to share/split the software because you can make several accounts on one software. Many did not use or buy the textbook.

Extra Credit: Surveys and rating professor and TA. Takes 10 minutes.

Final Thoughts: Extremely easy A. Very manageable. Great prof. Would take again.

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Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: A
Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
March 21, 2024

Best class I have ever taken here. The content is really interesting, and it helps create an outlook in life about dieting and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. There were no homework assignments besides a project, which I finished in around 12 hours. A 12-hour total workload for the entire quarter? Extra credit was generously given. The exams were all open note. Overall, this was the best GE I have ever taken. The professor genuinely cared about our health, and I would definitely take Esdin again if I ever came across him in the future.

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Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: C
March 14, 2024

Strengths: communicative to whole class, attentive, giving ample explanation towards understanding course material

Weaknesses: I can't really out anything here bc I am very engaged in class and feel comfortable in his teaching

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Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: C
March 14, 2024

Strengths: communicative to whole class, attentive, giving ample explanation towards understanding course material

Weaknesses: I can't really out anything here bc I am very engaged in class and feel comfortable in his teaching

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Quarter: Winter 2020
Grade: A
April 3, 2020

This class was an easy A but not fun at all. Like most people I read the "this class will make you get your life together" review on this site and thought the class would be worth a shot, it was not. The class is barebones health education material stripped straight out of the course reader. I'm pretty sure you could distill all of the information we learned into a 10 minute ASAP Science video.

Lecture is literally just Professor Esdin writing on blank powerpoint slides for an hour. The stuff he writes is literally copied almost word for word from the course reader, but attendance is still mandatory so you're forced to sit through every lecture. He also has a weird "no photographing my slides" rule for some reason. The material was applicable to life and helpful and all, but it really could have been much more than it was.

The labs were the best part of the class because they actually helped you gauge your own health. They are held only once every other week and take about 30 minutes a piece despite being labelled as 2 hour sections. They are fun in that you gain some introspection to your own health status, but the same effect could be achieved by weighing yourself and wearing a fitbit.

RANT: You will be forced to buy or share an iProfile subscription. iProfile is a literal scam. The UI looks like it was designed right when the internet came out. It's a health tracking app that supposedly helps you track your calories and exercise, but it's so bad that any information it gives you is probably wrong. It was obviously designed by white people (I am white, so I can say this) because they don't have ANY ethnic food listed in their "50,000 food items to choose from." If they have anything that wasn't developed in Western Europe then it's the shitty microwavable brand version. Literally they didn't have (to name a few):
- pho
- bean burritos
- quesadillas
- SUSHI!!! (wtf lol how do you not even have sushi)
- Ramen
- any indian food at all (they had curry powder mix as their only curry option)

Don't even get me started on the activity tracker. I hated this dumb app.
Rant over.

The multiple choice questions in this class were really, really easy but sometimes vague and confusing (discarded SAT question -style). It was either hard to tell what the question was asking or there were two very similar answers.

Take this class if you're just shilling for a good GPA, avoid this class and watch some YouTube health science videos if you don't want to waste a GE.

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Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
Quarter: Winter 2020
Grade: A+
March 24, 2020

**SELLING COURSE STUDY GUIDE FOR $30**
**EMAIL - ************* - IF INTERESTED**

Esdin is the GOAT. He wakes up at 4AM and gets his day started right. He's inspired me to live a healthier life.

1. Make friends in lecture & ask them to sign you in. Attending lecture is not necessary for doing well.

2. The midterm and final are non-cumulative are all multiple choice. They cover material in the course reader so reading that will be essential.

3. Start your project early. It's not that hard to get a free 100 points.

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COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A
Dec. 21, 2020

I am SELLING my 80-pages TYPED UP NOTES for only $20! They have all of the content taught in classes instead of the $100+ coursereader you would probably purchase. My notes are super complete and neat and use all of the content from the textbook and lectures. You can contact me at ************* if you are interested! Price can be negotiated and you will receive the notes right away! I got an A overall (96%) and a full mark on the final too.

I am also selling the coursereader, completely in new condition and untouched for much cheaper, email me if interested!

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COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A
Dec. 15, 2020

I AM SELLING MY 25-pages TYPED UP NOTES FOR 25$. They are super complete because I incorporated my notes from the textbook into my lecture notes — you can contact me at ************* if interested!! Selling the course reader, fully highlighted, for 40$ (Price can be discussed).

Dr. Esdin is a very engaging and dedicated professor. He explains material well and makes you understand everything quite easily. I took this during COVID so the lectures were asynchronous. The class overall is pretty easy if you do the work and the reading.

However, the only down side for a lot of people who took this fall quarter was that his questions quizzes and exams were ambiguously written, which meant that practically all of us lost points on questions because of his wording...(even though we knew the material perfectly). Midterm is harder than final (I got 100% on the final). No extra credit offered. Class breakdown:

- 5 lecture quizzes (100 pts)
- 5 lab quizzes (75 pts)
- Attendance in lab (25 pts)
- Attendance in lecture (84 pts) — there are 3 points quizzes after each lecture
- Project (100 pts)
- Midterm (50 pts)
- Final (50 pts)
- Prof evaluations (6 pts)

Would definitely recommend. Also don’t be discouraged if you lose points at the beginning; I thought I would barely get an A- but turns out the quizzes get easier so I ended up with a 95% (A is 93%+).

TA Ingrid is amazing try to take her!!

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Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: N/A
June 26, 2019

The course reader required for the class is quarter dependent so please do not buy old course readers. A workbook, that cannot be purchased separately, comes in the package with the reader and it must be turned in for points.

Interesting class with material relevant to daily life. It will help you become more aware of how your diet and fitness decisions impact your overall health. In order to get an A, you must read the course reader and thoroughly understand the content within it. There is also a project that is not difficult to do.

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Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: A
March 30, 2024

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I really enjoyed this class, it's enjoyable, but not too easy to the point you'll forget about it. He makes sure that students work for the grade they want, but doesn't make it impossible to get an A. There are midterms, lecture exams, lab quizzes, and the final exam (all of which were taken online (I believe they are all in person now?) and majority of the questions come from lecture, the course reader, or iclicker questions). So if you read and attend lectures, you're guaranteed to do well. There's also a big project that you work on throughout the quarter. The initial work is tedious, but your TA should go over key things to ensure that your wording and formatting is correct. The professor is very nice, and very engaging and I've never zoned out in his class. My TA was also amazing at ensuring we knew the information. Labs are every other week which lightens the commitment. Overall, the class was very enjoyable and I absolutely loved it. I would 100% take again.

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Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: A
March 27, 2024

Professor: Esdin is amazing. He is funny and engaging. Really nice person.

Lecture: Three times a week but they are engaging and only fifty minutes long. You really need to pay attention in lecture because he does not read off of slides, he talks and writes on them. It is recorded in case you miss any of his talking which I often did.

Attendance: You have 6 free days (two whole weeks of class). After that, he does take points off. Attend lecture, its free points. Lab attendance is mandatory and there are no free skips. Again, attending lab gives you free points.

Lab: Once every other week. Lasted around an hour. Kind of boring but it was tolerable.

Workload: There is NO homework, but there is a HUGE project due at the end of the quarter. He gives you 9 weeks to complete it. It is a tedious project but it is very easy. It took most people several hours so I recommend you split it up. It is a diet and exercise analysis.

Class materials: There is a course reader and a software to track your diet and exercise. I think people said it was around $100. Ask around to share/split the software because you can make several accounts on one software. Many did not use or buy the textbook.

Extra Credit: Surveys and rating professor and TA. Takes 10 minutes.

Final Thoughts: Extremely easy A. Very manageable. Great prof. Would take again.

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Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: A
March 21, 2024

Best class I have ever taken here. The content is really interesting, and it helps create an outlook in life about dieting and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. There were no homework assignments besides a project, which I finished in around 12 hours. A 12-hour total workload for the entire quarter? Extra credit was generously given. The exams were all open note. Overall, this was the best GE I have ever taken. The professor genuinely cared about our health, and I would definitely take Esdin again if I ever came across him in the future.

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Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: C
March 14, 2024

Strengths: communicative to whole class, attentive, giving ample explanation towards understanding course material

Weaknesses: I can't really out anything here bc I am very engaged in class and feel comfortable in his teaching

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Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: C
March 14, 2024

Strengths: communicative to whole class, attentive, giving ample explanation towards understanding course material

Weaknesses: I can't really out anything here bc I am very engaged in class and feel comfortable in his teaching

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